Completing the 2019 Community Grantmaking Fellowship team is the extraordinary Micky B! Having been long time fans of Micky B’s work and ongoing commitment to trans justice, particularly in the South, we were floored when she agreed to join us. Please help us celebrate all of our 2019 Fellows who over the past several months […]
Not only are we feeling incredibly lucky for this opportunity to be at the table learning from this sage and powerful elder, we’re also feeling deep gratitude knowing that next week we get to work closely and collaboratively with Sharyn Grayson at this year’s grant making meeting. What a privilege and honor to have this […]
We can’t even begin to tell you how exciting it was to see Laverne Cox using her Instagram platform (TWICE) encouraging her followers to support TJFP by making a donating for her birthday! Who’s crying? We’re not crying!? Thank you Laverne for showing up so hard for trans justice and for believing in grass roots, […]
“If you don’t know Lachlan Watson yet, it’s time to start paying attention, because the 18-year-old actor is on the brink of their biggest year yet. Watson, who plays Theo on Netflix’s teen drama Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, just partnered with Unilever for the brand’s latest initiative, United We Stand. The campaign pairs six grassroots, […]
Our hopes, our visions, our pathways will continue to lead us. In these times of great difficulty TJFP is so honored to guided and carried by so many of you. Community: Your visionary strategies and greatness is more powerful then anything our opposers could every dream of.
Our hearts are heavy and a fire rages in a deep place within our collective community as candles are lit to honor each precious life that is taken away from us at the hands of violence and discrimination. This year there has been five reported murders of black trans women. Dana Martin, Montgomery, Alabama […]
En Español. Deadline is tonight at 12 midnight EST–please check the eligibility criteria and apply now! Is Your Group Eligible for a TJFP Grant? Are you a group? Are you a grassroots, trans justice group run by and for trans people? Is your group’s total budget less than $250,000? Are you located in the United […]
We are so excited to share our annual report with you! With your help in 2018, we moved $650,000 to some of the most groundbreaking grassroots trans-led trans justice organizing work around the country. Check out the 182 grantees, articles written by our community grantmaking fellows, infographics, photographs, and so much more! This report is […]
In 2018, TJFP gave 650,000 dollars to 182 trans-led grassroots groups across the country, and we hope to do it again in 2019! Please review the eligibility criteria and apply! Share widely and get your application in! En Español. Is Your Group Eligible for a TJFP Grant? Are you a group? Are you a grassroots, trans […]
In the fall of 2018, TJFP headed back on the road for another edition of our From the Ground to the Sky Listening Tour. On this tour, we had the great pleasure of visiting with trans and gender non-conforming leaders and activist around the country to learn what trans justice means and looks like where they live and […]
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), a day to honor and lift up the lives and memories of trans and gender non-conforming people who were taken from us due to anti-trans hate and violence. Not only this day, but every day, we ask you to join us in grieving our beloveds. Not only this […]
By now you may have already learned of the most recent attack by the Trump administration on trans people and our communities. “The Trump administration is considering narrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth, the most drastic move yet in a government wide effort to roll back recognition and […]